Damen — #7311 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Damen

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,444 babies named Damen between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Damen currently holds the #7311 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Damen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 590 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Damen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 184 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Damen in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Damen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,444 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.